3 New Orleans cops guilty in man's killing, burning after Katrina

A federal jury in New Orleans has convicted three police officers in the killing and burning of a 31-year-old man and a subsequent cover-up in September 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. Two others were acquitted.

Former New Orleans officer David Warren was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting Henry Glover of nearby Algiers, The Times-Picayune says. Officer Greg McRae was convicted of burning Glover's body in a car, and Lt. Travis McCabe was convicted of writing a false police report about the incident and lying to federal investigators.

The jury, which deliberated for three days, cleared Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann and retired lieutenant Robert Italiano, who were accused in the burning and cover-up.

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